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Beaver Mica Mine

Occurrence in Grand county in Colorado, United States with commodity Mica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018302
MRDS ID DC05186
Record type Site
Current site name Beaver Mica Mine
Related records 10191034

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.79936, 40.09 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MI. E. OF GRANBY ON MIDDLE STRAWBERRY CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Strawberry Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 02N 75W 33 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mica Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.79936, 40.09
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEG. N45W 65SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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